A small chain rove fore-and-aft through the limber-passage to clear it when necessary, by hauling backwards and forwards.
·noun One who, or that which, clears. II. Clearer ·noun A tool of which the hemp for lines and twin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. II. Limber ·noun The shafts or thills of a wagon or c...
In artillery, the two-wheeled carriage to which the trail of a field gun-carriage is attached for tr...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Short movable pieces of plank; a part of the lining of a ship's floor, close to the keelson, and imm...
Synonymous with limber-trunk. ...
The line of limber-holes throughout the whole length of the floor, on each side of the keelson, for ...
See limber boards. ...
The streak of foot-waling nearest the keelson, wrought over the lower ends of the first futtocks. ...